astray

[US]/əˈstreɪ/
[UK]/əˈstreɪ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adv. off the right path; off the correct route
adj. off the right path; off the correct route

Phrases & Collocations

lead astray

wander astray

go astray

led astray

went astray

Example Sentences

we went astray but a man redirected us.

he was led astray by boozy colleagues.

The boy was led astray by bad companions.

Several letters went astray or were not delivered.

afraid the letter would go astray;

We missed the track and went astray.

Small children are easily led astray by older children.

The attractions of the big city soon led him astray.

They went astray, in their innocence, to such a degree that they introduced the immense enfeeblement of a crime into their establishment as an element of strength.

Many girls living alone in the city, go astray for lack of parental control.

Many items of mail being sent to her have gone astray.

This, then, is the law for jealousy: When a woman goes astray while under the authority of her husband and acts impurely,

Real-world Examples

And similarities in biology can also lead us astray.

Source: "Minute Earth" Fun Science Popularization

Head east. I can't lead them astray much longer. - I can't run anymore.

Source: The Vampire Diaries Season 2

Are they trying to lead me astray here?

Source: Actor Dialogue (Bilingual Selection)

It's an emotion designed to lead us astray.

Source: Desperate Housewives (Audio Version) Season 5

In Iceland he will have small opportunity to lead others astray by his unfordly example.

Source: Brave New World

What kind of father would cheat his own daughter of a birthday card by purposely sending it astray?

Source: Sophie's World (Original Version)

Many business school professors, particularly in north America, have argued that their institutions have gone horribly astray.

Source: The Guardian (Article Version)

This is important, because anything but the whole truth and nothing but the truth will lead us astray.

Source: Time

So just where did the spookiest holiday go astray, musically speaking?

Source: Intermediate and advanced English short essay.

The greater a man's talents, the greater his power to lead astray.

Source: Brave New World

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